Tally-keeper for hay-presses.



n G. GOBBLL. TALLY KEEPER FOR HAY PRESSES. APPLICATION TILED SBPT.30,1910.

Patented Nov. 7,1911.

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0. GOBELL. TALLY KEEPER FOR HAY PRESSES,

APPLICATIQN FILED sEPT.'3o,191o.

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tfw-M pact and inexpens UNXTED srarns PATENT o1riricsS i CLAUD GUBELI, 0F QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR O F ONE-HALF TO CHARLES J'.

. KEPPNER, GF QUINCY, ILLINOIS. v l' frALLYazniirnR ron narrnnssnsl Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov.. 7, 191,1. l

Apneatidn. sied september a0. 1910. -serial No. 584,636.

zen of the United States', residing at Quincy,

-in the county of Adams and State of lllihave' invented certain new--1andnsefnl nois, N f Y Tallykeepers for Hay- Improvements in Presses, of whichthe following is a specilif cation. A v Y This invention relates to tally keeper or indicator for steam, gasolene or horse power hay presses or balers, the object of the invention being to provide a simple, reliable, comive type of device for keeping an accurate record of the number of bales made by a press, which device is ap plicable to the various makes of hay presses in commonuse.

I The invention consists of the novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompany-lng drawings, in which vFigure 1 is a view in side elevation,- show ing one mode of applying the invention to oneform of baling press. Fig. 2 is a front view of the device with the cover of `the cas ing removed and the parts in startingposition. Fig, Sis a similarview, showing the slide and disks at'the moment of completing a transfer of motion from one to the other. Fig. 4 isa front View of the device with the cover in position. Fig. 5 is a transverse secti'on on line 5 5' of Fig.` 4.

Referring 'to .the drawings, vv1A designates thel longitudinally extending 'and' vertically disposed inclosing boit or casing of the tally keeper or indicator, which'may be of any preferred construction and applied for use upon the baling press inlany suitable way.

'In practice, the casingis arranged so as to lie beneath each bale as it discharges from the outlet end B ofthecompression chamber B of the machine, so that the bale on its "passagetwill engage` and actuate the trip provided with an annular series ot'ratchet tee member of the indicating mechanism, but` any suitable relationship of the parts to ses#l I ,disposed in alinement with t e ratchet teeth.

'cure the stated result may be employed.

Mounted within the casing to rotate upon a stationary transverse shaft '2 is a primary indicator 23. comprising a rotary wheel or disk provided upon its` outer face with an annular series of indicating numerals. from 1 to Q13. inclusive. extending in a counterclokwise direction.` ISaid disk or wheel is" also teeth 4 for coperationv withk a dogl and lspring-actuated-detent (5, operating, respectively', to turn the disk 'the distance of one tooth at a time and to hold the disk against retrograde movement. 1

The dogl is pivotally connected with one side o r end'v of a lever Y, pivoted intermediately upon a fulcrnm pin or bolt S, and the vopposite side or end of which is coupledby a'link .9 with an actuating device or tripmember 1 0. The member 10 consists' of a sector plate vertically movable edgewise in a slot. in the top of the casing, said plate being arranged atthe outer or rear end of the casing and ,pivoted at'its forward end or vertex portion, as' shown, the construction and arrangement being such that the upper in clined edge'of the trip member will lie in the path of the discharging bale A. As a result, the -bale on itsoutward movementwill depress the trip member, thus shifting the lever 7 Aand actuating the dog 5 to turn the disk the distance of one tooth. Then the bale clears the trip member, a spring 11, connected with the dog 5, returns said lever and the dog "and trip member to normal position. Carried by the shaft 2 are -upwardly and downwardly extending hands or pointers 1Ql Yand 13, theformer of which always points to the numeral in vertical alinement with ysaid shaft and at the highest point in theV path of rotation of the disk. i

At its base the casing 1 is provided with a longitudinal guideway 14, perforated at intervals in its bott-om for the discharge 'of any dirt or refuse which may enter therein. Slidably mounted in said guideway is a secondary indicator leomprising a bar having terminal solid guide port-ions 16 and 1T and an .intermediate scale portion, the last named being formed in its upper edge with ratchet teeth 18. The end portion nlbears a Zero (cipher) mark, :1s-shown, while the end portionl is connected with the casing by a retracting spring 19, and the scale portion bears a longitudinal series of numerals These numerals range `from Q5 to 500` the intermediate numerals increasingregularlyl atthe rate of 251 from end to end of the .sei-ies. Any other suitable yarrangement of vdog QO- is.v provided to. engageihe "ratchet th vis and feed the bar the einem of v1 1?) onel tooth forward on each complete rotation" of the disk. This dog 20 is pivotally, W-connected with a trip member 21 fulcrumed ril upon the casing which -trip member is adapted to be engaged and depressed by a -contact pin 22 on the disk, Asaid. pin, being so disposed as 'tolie y in contact with'the v'inember 21 when the hand 12 is in registry bar holding the trip member in position for or repair the parts as occasion requires.

It will be understood from the foregoing description that each time a baleis-ormed whereby; the-disk will be turned the dis-,.

with the numeral 25 on the-face ofthe disk and to trip said member 21 when the 'disk is turned to bring the ne'Xt succeed ing numeral 1 into 4registry wijth-the.

hand. A spring 22 connects said feed 'dog 20 with said trip member 21' and maintains the dog in normal position, t e engagement of the dog with the teethofthe indicator coaction with the pin 22. A pivoted bellcrank pawl or detent 23, yieldingly heldin operat-lve'position by a spring 24, is provided -to engage Vthe ratchet teeth 18 and hold the'barfrom retraction by the spring l19t Stops 25 are properly arranged to. limit the movement-s .of parts-'7, 10 and 20.-

The disk, hands and -a portion ofthe indic ator bar are exposed to view through a transparent panel 26 in the. front or outerside of the casing, which may be provided.

with lsuitable openings or removable `portions for access to the casing to adjust,set

and discharged the member 1Q will be depressed and actuatethe primary feed dog,

tance of a single tooth,the hand 1 2 pointing out the total number until the,l disk has made one complete revolution, up to which time theI hand 13 points tothe aero mark on the indicator bar. `Upon the discharge of the twenty-sixth'bale r and the movement ofthe` disk to bring the numeral 1 into tain time after starting may, therefore` be determined by lreference to the Vnumeral to l which the hand 12 points, `if Vless than 'twenty-five have been'formed, or' by adding' together the numbers to which both hands;

12 and 13 point` if morethan'twenty-ve .have been formed, which, of course, an in- "spection of the face of the in dicato'rwill immediatelyshow.. In the form of embodi. 'mentdisclosed the indicator register .up to ve hundred, through a very si rnple' and compact construction. and arrangement of parts, but the indicating range of the device may vary. as. desired. 1When the bar has been-'moved up tol its eXtreme limit and the numeral 500 registers with the hand'13,`

the detents. may be retracted to allow the `disk to ,be reset to starting position by handL While the bar is restored-to starting position byits retracting spring. l

I have not regarded 1t necessary to show any special way of applying thel device to v any special make'of machine, but by yaria- 4tions in. the modeof securing the casing in position the device may be applied with equal facility to any and all of the hay presses in common use.

Having thus full-ydescribed. my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lett'ers Patent'of the United States, is

1. An indicator of the character described 'comprising an indicating wheel .provided with ratchet teeth, an `indicating slide pro-4 a bale-actuated' member, a dog operated thereby for turning said indicating wheel, a spring for retracting the slide, a dog for holding the slide from retrograde movement, a dog for shifting Vsaid slide, and a tripcarried bythe indicating wheel' for actuating the third named dog on each complete rotation of said wheel.

comprising a casing, a ratchet wheel provided with a series'of indicating numerals thereon, 'a dog for intermittently turning said ratchet wheel, a pivoted bale-actuated trip-member, a pivoted lever, links pivotally anddog, av ratchet'slide. provided with ndicating'- numerals thereon, indicators .coact- `ing with the wheel and slide,.and adog vided with ratchet' teeth, 'pointers coper-4 ating' With said indicating wheel'and slide,

'2; .An indicator of the character-described connecting the lever with the trip member operated on `each revolution of the ratchet wheel toshift the ratchet slide.

3. An indicator of the character described comprising a casing,'a ratchet wheelpro'- 1 vided with a series of vindicating numerals thereon, a pivotally` mounted dog. -for -intermittently turning said ratchet wheel, a bale-.operated trip member," an actuating lever connecting4 said trip member with" the dog, a rl tchet slide provided with indicating 'numera s thereon, a'dog for actuating said slide, i licators coperating with the wheel and sl e,'a second trip member connected with the second-named dog, and a projection upon the -wheel to periodically `engage said named dog; I. 4. An indicator of the character described `comprising a casing, a ratchet Wheel provided with a series of-indicating 4numerals' thereon, a dog for intermittently turning secondtrip member to actuate said secondsaid ratchet` wheel, abale-operated means for actuating the dog, a ratchet slide provided With indicating numerals thereon, a dogfor actuating said slide, ja piyoted trip lever carrying said dog, a projection npon the Wheel to periodically engage and move the lever to actuate the dog, and indicators cooperating With the Wheel and slide.

- 5.- An indicator of the character described comprising a casing, a ratchet Wheel provided with a Series of indicating numerals thereon, a' dogfor intermittently'turning said ratchet Wheel, bale-operated means for actuating the dog, a ratchet slide provided with indicating numerals thereon, a dog for actuating said slide, a spring for returning the slideto normal position, a detent adapted to permit forward movement oi" slide and hold the same from retraction, indicators cogerating with the Wheel and slide,

and a projection upon the Wheel to periodically engage and actuate the Second-named 20l dog.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. 

